flow use may bealtered that our repentance zc vnfained. 509 , felfe for his finne, \quill alto tame the flelh by puniíhing the fame through falling andabilinence. He that hashoffended byvfng cxceílîue pride in apparrell, being angry with him- f lfe vponhis true repentance, Both \?<'itihdraw from himfelfe finch cofllyattire, as otherwifc in rcfpe& of his callingbee mightlawtully weare. And thus may we corné to the a%trance that our repen- tance is truc and vnfained, ifwe can finde thefe degrees they- r 1e record of and thefe effedls and fruites in our felues. The fecond ¡t ne.ti,a1 it be ligne ofvnfained repentance is, that it be whole and intire, total%and in- and that both in refpe& of the fubie&, and alto the obie& tare,andthat bath in thereof. In refpel ofthe fubieél or of him in whom it is it f oeth ¡a rejpe elt is required that it bee not ofany part alone,or yet ofall parts and object. fattingone, but it mullbee intire and totali ofthewholemate andofeuery ofhis feuerallpartes; it mull bee a reformation in theforfaking offin,and iutbracingofrighteoufiteífe,not in thebodyor foulealone, but ofthem both, andofal l their fe- uerall facultiesand povvers; it mull not onely be of the out- ward aó ions, but alto ofthe inward affe&ions and cogitati- ons; it mull not onelybe ofthe tongue andhand, but alto of our veils andhearts, according to that Iam.4.8. Draw neere ram 4.S. veto"God,arid he?illdraw neere vntoyou : clenfe your hands ye fanners, andpurgeyour heartsyou wauering m nded.Otherwife, ifwe do notturne vnto the Lordwith all our hearts, with all our foules, with all our bodies, and euery facultie andpart of thin; ifwewillingly entertaine finne, and purpofely fuller it to lurke in any fecret corner ofvs, our repentance is hypocri- ticall andnot acceptable in Gods fight. Andhence it is that Dauidfaith, that ifhe (hould regard wickedneffe in his heart Pfalm.66.iS. theLordwouldnot hearehim. Pfal.66. t 8. Secondly, it tnufl be whole and intire in refpe&òf the VVeeni 1pe-r obiel : for it is notfufficient that wee perfortne obedience forme enGe v;zto aGt: veto fome Of Gods commandements, ifwee indeuour not Gods coYn- to (hew our obediencevnto all;it is not enough ifwe forfake martclemeats, fome ofour finnes, if weewillingly and with delight enter- taine and nourifh others, neuer firiuing againll them nor la- bóuring tomortifie them: but ifwe would approoue our re- pentance tobe fincere and vnfained,both untoGod and our sane
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